ELSIE REVIEW

I was given a PS5 code from PR Company Mark Allen PR1 @MarkAllenPR1 Publisher PLAYTONIC @PlaytonicGames Developer Knight Shift Team @KnightShiftTeam

This is released in the UK on the 10/09/2024 and in the UK is priced at £19,99.

INTRODUCTION

Help save the planet “EKIS” from an army of evil robots play as “ELSIE” in a technicolour hyperkinetic rogue like action platformer.

FEATURES

• Bullet Hell Ballet
  Dash, dive, and shoot your way through stages filled with dynamic enemies, all while performing perfectly timed precision parrying.
• Death is only the beginning
  In this roguelike rollercoaster die and die and die again – but you’ll always get back on your feet to embrace the chaos.
•  Explore the technicolour Domains of Planet Ekis
  Take a tour of Planet Ekis’s vibrant neon-drenched biomes. With procedural generation leading to everchanging levels, each run presents unique challenges and enemies.
• Augmented Action and Character Customization
  Make strategic decisions on upgrades, skills, and weapons to drastically alter the dynamic of each run. Experiment with different playstyles for devastating synergies.
• Challenge epic boss battles and conquer biome Guardians
  Test your skills against boisterous bots, massive bosses and biome Guardians, memorising patterns to emerge victorious.
• Master Melee Combat with a second player character
  Join the fray with Andru, a melee-based character featuring unique augments, weapons, and abilities. Get up close and personal to bash baddies and bring the noise!

FAN ART

Characters that you meet on your adventure all have own look and own personality to them.

Enemies are impressive as alot of variety to them and all have own look and own attacks to learn.

Art style is nice and detailed and pretty.

Bosses are cool as all have own look and own attacks to learn in order to beat them.

Controls are nice and easy to understand and easy to pick up and play.

Invincibility option is great as can use it to learn boss patterns and learn when to parry there attacks.

Power ups are cool as all have own look and own feel to them and can help to suit own build.

Parry system is hard to learn and can be annoying as not as clear as would of liked.

Levels repeat alot and are kinda dull and can rush through them.

After finishing a run didn’t grab me enough to keep going.

OVERALL SUMMARY

Overall has easy pick up controls and the enemies all have own look and own attacks and bosses all have own look and own attacks to learn in order to beat them and has a nice art style, cool power ups with own feel and own stats to them and a nice touch is a invincibility option that you can use to learn when to counter boss attacks and more. However for £19,99, the parry system is confusing and hard to learn and the levels are repeated often and can kinda rush through them and didn’t grab me after finishing a run to keep re running it.

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Characters meet all have own look, personality.
Enemies own look, attacks. 
Art style is detailed and pretty.
Bosses own look, attacks to learn.
Controls easy pick up and play.
Invincibility option good as can use to learn how to beat bosses.
Power ups unique own look, feel.

Parry system hard to learn and can be annoying.
Levels repeat alot and are kinda dull.
After finishing a run didn't grab me to keep going

Here is video footage from my videos of me playing this on my PS5 then uploading to my YouTube channel link below.

https://www.youtube.com/c/GRIMREAPERSAGE

VIDEO REVIEW

https://youtu.be/Uu8vf8TwxhI?si=UFqbzx7GGkhpfbrC

PLAYLIST

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL3AM1kazFPyYuvFY9qDw5tsUBdCrRg8H&si=winVttRUSMqZztnY